Nadia Ahmad is a visiting lecturer at Boston University School of Law, where she teaches legal research to first year law students and LLM students. Her primary research interest is in the area of international human rights law. Her doctoral dissertation, for which she was awarded an SJD (Doctor of Juridical Science) by the Case Western Reserve University School of Law,  focused on developing a legal framework for armed humanitarian interventions.

Previously, she earned an LLM in International Law from the University of Michigan Law School, and completed her BA and LLB from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, in Pakistan.

She has taught Public International Law, International Human Rights, and Legal Writing and Research at law schools in the Middle East and Pakistan. She is a member of the New York Bar.